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true of condoleezza rice who passed on incorrect cia information on weapons of mass destruction in iraq, but was still overwhelmingly confirmed as secretary of state. susan rice is closer to the president than anybody in his cabinet and has been an overachiever for most of her life. high school valedictorian, basketball star, rhodes scholar, rising star in the clinton administration, but she also has a reputation for blunt talk. >> by all accounts, she is talented, capable, and extremely abrasive. >> reporter: in the 2008 campaign she ridiculed hillary clinton's foreign policy experience and called john mccain reckless and confused. if the president does nominate her, those who know susan rice well say she's more than up for the fight, and although it would be a bruising confirmation battle, she almost certainly would have the votes to be confirmed. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> interesting parallel that story points out between condoleezza, confirmation process, and this one. "the washington post," interesting profile, i like the human nuggets they find. as u.n. ambassador s
true of condoleezza rice who passed on incorrect cia information on weapons of mass destruction in iraq, but was still overwhelmingly confirmed as secretary of state. susan rice is closer to the president than anybody in his cabinet and has been an overachiever for most of her life. high school valedictorian, basketball star, rhodes scholar, rising star in the clinton administration, but she also has a reputation for blunt talk. >> by all accounts, she is talented, capable, and extremely...
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troops in iraq. now, they are negotiating that with the afghan leader when they didn't get an agreement in to give u.s. forces immunity in iraq. they couldn't keep any troops there after the deadline to pull out. one reason the u.s. wants to keep 10,000 troops in afghanistan has to do with the fact that the afghans don't have a functioning air force as you mentioned. even though the u.s. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build one. you can expect u.s. forces to stay to help stabilize afghanistan until its presidential election in 2014. in april 2014. shep? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thanks. a pilot refueling helicopter at an airport when that helicopter exploded at the pump. that tops our news across america. california, the blast killed that pilot. firefighters responded to a 911 call. but by the time they got there flames had fully engulfed the shopper. investigators still working on what caused the explosion. but they say the choppers reporters blades may have slit a
troops in iraq. now, they are negotiating that with the afghan leader when they didn't get an agreement in to give u.s. forces immunity in iraq. they couldn't keep any troops there after the deadline to pull out. one reason the u.s. wants to keep 10,000 troops in afghanistan has to do with the fact that the afghans don't have a functioning air force as you mentioned. even though the u.s. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build one. you can expect u.s. forces to stay to help stabilize...
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and i think all the lessons that we learned and iraq the successes that we had in iraq were a result of our effort to stand up, capable iraqi security forces. we service our that's what happened in the anbar province. that's what happened in baghdad. that's what happened in the other is of violence in iraq as we are able to grow capabilities with iraqi security forces and providing them with the requisite level of support, they were able to take the fight to the enemy. from my perspective that capability that the iraqis had is what was the defeat mechanism for the insurgency in iraq. i think similarly what we take to afghanistan is the recognition that the critical part of our effort in afghanistan over the next two years is to continue our efforts to develop the capabilities of the afghan national security forces. those indigenous forces will be the forces that allow us to be successful in afghanistan. those forces are the ones that will allow our success to be enduring. so i think at the strategic level that's the thing that is similar from iraq to afghanistan. and one we ought not
and i think all the lessons that we learned and iraq the successes that we had in iraq were a result of our effort to stand up, capable iraqi security forces. we service our that's what happened in the anbar province. that's what happened in baghdad. that's what happened in the other is of violence in iraq as we are able to grow capabilities with iraqi security forces and providing them with the requisite level of support, they were able to take the fight to the enemy. from my perspective that...
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i can't help but relate this to iraq. nobody wanted our discussions with the iraqi government for a presence in iraq after our troops left to fail more than iran did. and in fact, they were working on that. the fact that it did fail and we have no continuing presence in iraq i think is part of the reason why iran's influences spread there and so incidentally has al qaeda re- emerged again. i think those are warnings to us about how important it is to do exactly what you have called for, which is to have a good -- much smaller but a real american presence. let me just ask you to talk a bit about -- i would assume you don't want to talk numbers of american troops in afghan after 2014, but what are some of the kinds of -- besides the psychological effect or the message effect that we have talked about, what are some of the kinds of actual missions that follow on u.s. presence would have in afghanistan after 2014? >> senator, i would foresee our two main missions be counterterrorism operations and advise and assist to the afg
i can't help but relate this to iraq. nobody wanted our discussions with the iraqi government for a presence in iraq after our troops left to fail more than iran did. and in fact, they were working on that. the fact that it did fail and we have no continuing presence in iraq i think is part of the reason why iran's influences spread there and so incidentally has al qaeda re- emerged again. i think those are warnings to us about how important it is to do exactly what you have called for, which...
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i worked with general petraeus when he was in iraq and i was in iraq. the idea that he would in some fashion tailor his testimony to congress seems to me unlikely knowing the man. shocked by his personal failure, and i don't believe he tailored his testimony. >> i agree with you 100%. the man i knew would never do that. >> w look. we're all human and we all have our failings. when you're in a position of leadership apes general petraeus was in both military and civilian life, you're called to a higher responsibility. i think that's why when the time came, he decided to resign. >> going back to the substantive issue of benghazi, isn't it possible that the secret nature of the cia operation in benghazi complicated the administration's telling of the facts and circumstances surrounding thes attack? >> youes. that's a possibility, although it seems to me that by the morning ofe the 12th, the morning after the attack, everybody knew what had happened. even the press was reporting this wasan a secret annex, so i don't know exactly what they were protecting af
i worked with general petraeus when he was in iraq and i was in iraq. the idea that he would in some fashion tailor his testimony to congress seems to me unlikely knowing the man. shocked by his personal failure, and i don't believe he tailored his testimony. >> i agree with you 100%. the man i knew would never do that. >> w look. we're all human and we all have our failings. when you're in a position of leadership apes general petraeus was in both military and civilian life, you're...
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as a result -- excuse me -- in iraq and afghanistan. as a result of that, senator brown and i had introduced into the defense authorization bill in 2012 provisions to cut through the red tape so you can cut off contracts sooner if our taxpayer dollars were getting in the wrong hands or god forbid to insurgents, which did happen as well. how are those provisions working? what more can we do that? can you give us an update on whether that's been helpful for you? >> senator, first, thank you for your assistance in parting part of the national defense authorization act last year. general mattes who has that authority usedded that authority a great deal over the past year. i understand at least $12 million that otherwise would have gone in the hand of the taliban did not because he had the authority to cancel those contracts because of the association of the contractors with the taliban. i also believe that over the past year, and i did spend quite a bit time on this on the visit they changed the organizational construct, the central command
as a result -- excuse me -- in iraq and afghanistan. as a result of that, senator brown and i had introduced into the defense authorization bill in 2012 provisions to cut through the red tape so you can cut off contracts sooner if our taxpayer dollars were getting in the wrong hands or god forbid to insurgents, which did happen as well. how are those provisions working? what more can we do that? can you give us an update on whether that's been helpful for you? >> senator, first, thank you...
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surprise anyone that knows him, twice decorated, purple heart recipient, served our country twice in iraq. what else would you want people to know about your friend? >> he was a great, caring guy. avid hunter, a musician, loved to play drums and guitar. i got to hear him play several times, and just you know an all around american hero. >> sounds like an extraordinary man, certainly active with such bravery last night. cory rogers, our condolences to the family. thank you for sharing your story this morning. >> thank you, savannah. i'll let them know. thank you so much. >> savannah, thanks so much. >>> debbie hersman chairs up the national transportation safety board. good morning. >> good morning. >> according to preliminary reports, crossing lights and gate were working. how could this happen? >> there's always a lot of conflicting information in the beginning of an investigation. when we get on scene, we have to corroborate the data with the witness interviews. we're going to look at the signals, downloading information from the wayside signals, making sure the gates and lights were co
surprise anyone that knows him, twice decorated, purple heart recipient, served our country twice in iraq. what else would you want people to know about your friend? >> he was a great, caring guy. avid hunter, a musician, loved to play drums and guitar. i got to hear him play several times, and just you know an all around american hero. >> sounds like an extraordinary man, certainly active with such bravery last night. cory rogers, our condolences to the family. thank you for...
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we have had in iraq. -- same problems we have had in iraq. almost four years ago, when we were meeting in this escalation in afghanistan, my great concern was that the success measure, a metric for success, would be largely determined by two factors that we really cannot control. one is the validity of the national government. the second was the growth of the national military and police force to a size that, by quantum numbers, had never been achieved in afghanistan's history. i would like your thoughts on those two metrics as they affect your responsibilities. >> senator, i believe the most significant strategic event that will occur between now and 2014, the elections, without successful elections, i am concerned that the conditional contributions that were pledged in tokyo and chicago will not be there. those are critical to our ability to sustain the effort to meet our objectives post 2014. the other regional elections are important because the legitimacy of the elections is important in the eyes of
we have had in iraq. -- same problems we have had in iraq. almost four years ago, when we were meeting in this escalation in afghanistan, my great concern was that the success measure, a metric for success, would be largely determined by two factors that we really cannot control. one is the validity of the national government. the second was the growth of the national military and police force to a size that, by quantum numbers, had never been achieved in afghanistan's history. i would like...
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-- in iraq and afghanistan. as a result, they introduced provisions to cut through the red tape so you could cut off contract sooner if our taxpayer dollars were getting into the wrong hands or going to insurgents, which did happen. how are those working? what more can we do? can you give us an update? >> thank you for your assistance. that is part of act last year. the general who has the authority has used the authority a great deal over the past year. i understand at least $12 million that might have gone into the hands of the taliban did not because he had the ability to cancel those contracts. i also believe over the past year they have changed the organizational contract -- constructs to provide better oversight and to ensure the money we provide achieves the effect desired in terms of growing the capacity of afghanistan. i believe that is a part of the story. i know they are very appreciative of having that authority, and they have used it. >> thank you very much. if there is anything more we can do to ma
-- in iraq and afghanistan. as a result, they introduced provisions to cut through the red tape so you could cut off contract sooner if our taxpayer dollars were getting into the wrong hands or going to insurgents, which did happen. how are those working? what more can we do? can you give us an update? >> thank you for your assistance. that is part of act last year. the general who has the authority has used the authority a great deal over the past year. i understand at least $12 million...
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here while colin powell provided the intelligence that he had regarding weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> this is a critical point. who finalized these talking points for ambassador rice and what was clear in the testimony today is that it was a real flash point between lawmakers and the intelligence community who could not say who ultimately signed off on those points, whether it was someone within the white house or someone within the intelligence community, shep. >> shep: katherine, on this matter of benghazi today, a reporter asked the attorney general, eric holder, why the justice didn't department tell the white house about this investigation. response. >> we made the determination as we were going through the matter that there was not a threat to national security. had we made the determination that a threat to national security existed, we would, of course, have made that known to the president and also to the appropriate members on the hill. >> shep: now we're hearing a woman who helped launch the investigation that exposed the affair apparently visited the white house a few
here while colin powell provided the intelligence that he had regarding weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> this is a critical point. who finalized these talking points for ambassador rice and what was clear in the testimony today is that it was a real flash point between lawmakers and the intelligence community who could not say who ultimately signed off on those points, whether it was someone within the white house or someone within the intelligence community, shep. >> shep:...
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q shebat pilot in iraq, she lost both legs when a heret-propelled grenade hit her helicopter. hich'm learning which building andhich building and which -- wheelchaie wheelchair entrance. ell the buildings have a gs havhair entrance, but it's rance bthe same place. i have to figure out where it is. sometimes i have to go around the block to find wine. >>> "wall street journal" says stores are bringing black friday to the internet. last year online shoppers accounted for 40% of spending during the black friday weekend. this year's stores like walmart, target and brookstone are offering the same in store promotion to web shoppers. superstorm sandy destroyed a quarter of a million vehicles. some could turn up in car lots all over the country. this morning we'll show you how to make sure you don't buy one of those by mistake. tomorrow nfl commissioner roger goodell tells us how the league ♪ one for you. ♪ and one for me. ♪ you, you, you, you, you... ♪ and one for me. ♪ xbox for jack. ♪ sweaters for nancy. ♪ i'm blown away... i'm freaking out... ♪ ♪ deals, deals, d
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he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted it. >> the house panel is looking into the government's handling of the deadly september attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. tomorrow they will hear from david petraeus. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. >> reporter: this is something congressional leaders have been calling for and now general petraeus will be here on capitol hill. his input is seen as critical regarding the attacks in benghazi and also he's expected to be asked about his affair and that fbi investigation. after calls by congressional leadership former cia director david petraeus will testify before congress tomorrow about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. petraeus was scheduled to testify today before a house intelligenc
he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted it. >> the house panel is looking into the government's handling of the deadly september attack on the u.s. consulate in...
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we send kids to afghanistan and iraq. we do not have real freedom here. if i had not run as a republican, i would not have been in the debates. i would not have been able to get any coverage. you cannot get on the ballots because of the system. it is important they do their best to express themselves and show how they come up short in how the system works. it is impossible to compete under the rules today. we can do it if you have correct ideas. the prevailing economic theory of the last 60 or 70 years and nixon made a classic statement. the democratic and republican party believe in the economics. those ideas have to infiltrate the democratic party as well as the republican party. to expect the libertarian party to become a major party, the only alternative we have now is to try to change people's minds and change people's understanding is economics and try to infiltrate the system so we can influence both parties. host: john is in florida. caller: good morning, sir. if the benghazi situation was a demonstration, we saw no signs of "death to america" or
we send kids to afghanistan and iraq. we do not have real freedom here. if i had not run as a republican, i would not have been in the debates. i would not have been able to get any coverage. you cannot get on the ballots because of the system. it is important they do their best to express themselves and show how they come up short in how the system works. it is impossible to compete under the rules today. we can do it if you have correct ideas. the prevailing economic theory of the last 60 or...
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>> reporter: illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth has some unique challenges, a combat pilot in iraq she lost both legs when a rocket propelled grenade hit her helicopter. >> i'm learning which building is which building and where is the wheelchair entrance. all the buildings have wheelchair entrance but it's not in the same place. >> reporter: even joe kennedy 3rd of massachusetts whose father and grandfather were congressmen and whose great uncle was president seems a bit overwhelmed. >> it's privilege and you realize the hard part is still what lies ahead. >> reporter: he couldn't be more right. now they are trying to fine bathrooms. soon they will be saving the nation from fiscal calamity. joe kennedy will be in the minority in the ucus. charlie and norah. >> chip reid thank you. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. the "new york times" reports on new research showing alzheimer disease may be connected to a mutated gene. it may interfere with the body's immune system allowing plaque to bummed in the brain. a new type of drug could stop the prog
>> reporter: illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth has some unique challenges, a combat pilot in iraq she lost both legs when a rocket propelled grenade hit her helicopter. >> i'm learning which building is which building and where is the wheelchair entrance. all the buildings have wheelchair entrance but it's not in the same place. >> reporter: even joe kennedy 3rd of massachusetts whose father and grandfather were congressmen and whose great uncle was president seems a bit...
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general dunford led a regiment in the 2003 invasion of iraq. president obama spoke with reporters for a little less than an hour yesterday. it was his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress that we've made. because this nation succeeds when we've got a growing, thriving middle class. and that's the idea at the core of the plan that i talked about on the campaign trail over the last year, rewarding manufacturers and small businesses that create jobs here, not overseas, providing more americans the chance to earn skills that businesses are looking for right now. keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to wo
general dunford led a regiment in the 2003 invasion of iraq. president obama spoke with reporters for a little less than an hour yesterday. it was his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging...
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up with two very long wars one of which has ended in something other than victory-- i'm referring to iraq-- and a second war-- afghanistan-- which will ultimately end and nobody expects it's going to end in victory. it seems to me it's fair to ask why have we gotten such disappointing results after such tremendous exertions by our soldiers and part of the answer-- just part of the answer-- it seems to me is a defective, disappointing, mediocre senior military leadership. >> woodruff: well, i don't know whether we can get into a full discussion of whether the wars have been successful or not but professor kohn, mere mortals? is that what we're looking at here? >> well, it is, judy, except that we do hold these mere mortals to a very high standard. they hold themselves to a very high standard. after all, we give senior military leaders our children and grandchildren and entrust them with the national security of the united states because they exist in a hierarchical organization and because of the demands of combat and the stresses of waging war are so great. they have very high standards.
up with two very long wars one of which has ended in something other than victory-- i'm referring to iraq-- and a second war-- afghanistan-- which will ultimately end and nobody expects it's going to end in victory. it seems to me it's fair to ask why have we gotten such disappointing results after such tremendous exertions by our soldiers and part of the answer-- just part of the answer-- it seems to me is a defective, disappointing, mediocre senior military leadership. >> woodruff:...
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right paperwork. 20 miles from me we have fort carson and all the soldiers when they come back from iraq and afghanistan, would love to have an m-4 for a souvenir because they carried these around for two or three years. for reasons like that. but you know, out of all the thousands of guns and thousands of people that own these guns, look how many very little problems we have compared to autoibles killing people. >> cenk: wait, wait, here's what i say about it--wait, wait, wait. okay. what i say about it, you're in colorado. in all seriousness aurora, colorado columbine you're in colorado! that's what the problem is. unfortunately, we're out of time man. i appreciate you coming on and showing the guns. you're a good sport for doing it but i got to be honest as i see all those guns i'm more convinced that they need to be banned. there is no legitimate reason to have those. that's my opinion. mel, i know you got a different one. but thank you for joining us. we really do appreciate it. >> we'll continue tomorrow night. >> cenk: sounds good. >> goodbye. >> cenk: okay, take care. when we com
right paperwork. 20 miles from me we have fort carson and all the soldiers when they come back from iraq and afghanistan, would love to have an m-4 for a souvenir because they carried these around for two or three years. for reasons like that. but you know, out of all the thousands of guns and thousands of people that own these guns, look how many very little problems we have compared to autoibles killing people. >> cenk: wait, wait, here's what i say about it--wait, wait, wait. okay....
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he serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c.i.a. people are innocent until proven guilty. >> jennifer: that's president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of four-star general petraeus. he has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy wondering what happened to the fellow who could do no wrong. but as tonight's first guest points out generals are human too. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize author of "the generals." welcome inside "the war room"." >> very appropriate. >> jennifer: you've known petraeus for a very long time, for 15 years. >> since he was a colonel. >> jennifer: were you surprised. >> very surprised. he was the last guy--for good and bad reasons. he was a very disciplined guy and someone who kept an eye on his career. who knew how troublesome this could be and went ahead and did it any ways. that surprised me. on the other hand, you put a healthy human being out in the war zone three tours in iraq, one in afghanistan there are enough stresses that could warp the
he serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c.i.a. people are innocent until proven guilty. >> jennifer: that's president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of four-star general petraeus. he has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy wondering what happened to the fellow who could do no wrong. but as tonight's first guest points out generals are human too. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize author of...
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he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan, and as head of the c.i.a. by his own assessment, he did not meet standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the c.i.a. with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with, with his family, and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation, and it's on that basis i accepted it. >> pelley: in the same question, the president was asked about general john allen, commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan and his nominee to lead nato. but mr. obama was silent on allen. the same f.b.i. investigation uncovered e-mails between allen and a socialite, jill kelly, who hosted functions for central command in tampa, where both petraeus and allen had worked. based on those e-mails, mr. obama placed allen's nomination to nato on hold. bob orr has our story tonight from washington. >> reporter: the career of general john allen hinges on the content of some 200 e-mails he exchanged with jill kelly. sources say allen was confronted with some of the e-mails by the chairman of
he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan, and as head of the c.i.a. by his own assessment, he did not meet standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the c.i.a. with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with, with his family, and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation, and it's on that basis i accepted it. >> pelley: in the same question, the president was asked about general john allen, commander...
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at least 24 people at and killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of bombings across iraq. a multiple explosions were reported in at least four different areas, including baghdad and kirkuk. israel and palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed to attack -- agreed to a tacit truce following days of violence in the gaza strip. at least seven palestinians have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza since saturday. eight israeli civilians have also been wounded by palestinian rockets. the temporary ceasefire was brokered by the egyptian government, but both sides say they're prepared to resume attacks if it fails. the united nations general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the u.s. embargo against cuba for the 21st year in a row. the final vote was 188 to 3, with only israel and the pacific island state of palau joining the united states. u.s. envoy abroad -- robert goddard urged fellow general assembly delegates to reject the measure. >> this resolution also serves to distract the real problems facing the cuban people, therefore, my delegation will oppose it. we enco
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they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension between them. over the course of sell years and i tried to document it in the book their relationship comes full board to the other side. not like his relationship with bush but they're pretty close now and i think the president's excited to have him on his team and you can probably call him an obama guy. >> rose: there was a time when the president first went to meet him there, that there was some fetch between the two of them. >> to meet him in iraq. >> rose: yes. >> there was some tension because i don't think the president, senator obama at the time really believed what we were doing and the surge could work and was opposed to it. petraeus thought it was working and there was statistics and metrics to show what we were doing was showing progress. >> rose: and then he came home. >> petraeus came home. he came home from iraq that's right and went to central command after that. this is what he calls his favorite, his best assignment was really again a broadening experience for him at his senior ra
they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension between them. over the course of sell years and i tried to document it in the book their relationship comes full board to the other side. not like his relationship with bush but they're pretty close now and i think the president's excited to have him on his team and you can probably call him an obama guy. >> rose: there was a time when the president first went to meet him there, that there was some fetch between the two of them....
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in 2005 we were called to deploy to fallujah, iraq. we got back in 2006. six months after my girlfriend sat me down and said you're not okay. you're not the same person that i knew before the war. if you could really do anything in the world, what would you do? >> and beautiful -- >> i had this interest in choreography. i would start a dance company. >> nice. >> it wasn't a primary goal to talk about the military, but it just wasn't me not to put that part of myself in that work. the whole tie-in is important, and it's allowed us to do community service to veterans. sfoo imagine all the sadness and the grief of the hero who isn't true. >> warrior writers is a group of military veterans that write about their experiences. >> we brought together a couple of veterans. they were very skeptical at the beginning, as was i, but in the end they were so emphatic about giving their stuff and seeing how it came together in movement. >> your life after death and message lives on. >> i get up every morning and i, again, know that i'm making a difference in somebody's l
in 2005 we were called to deploy to fallujah, iraq. we got back in 2006. six months after my girlfriend sat me down and said you're not okay. you're not the same person that i knew before the war. if you could really do anything in the world, what would you do? >> and beautiful -- >> i had this interest in choreography. i would start a dance company. >> nice. >> it wasn't a primary goal to talk about the military, but it just wasn't me not to put that part of myself in...
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he served this country with great distinction, in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment, he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and it's on that basis that i accepted it. but i want to emphasize that, from my perspective at least, he has provided this country an extraordinary service. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right now is that he and his family are able to move on and that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. >> [ inaudible ]. >> again, i think you'll have to talk to the fbi in terms of what their general protocols are when it comes to what started off as a potential criminal investigation. one of the challenges here is that we're not supposed to meddle in criminal investigations and that's been our practice. and i think that there are certain pr
he served this country with great distinction, in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment, he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and it's on that basis that i accepted it. but i want to emphasize that, from my perspective at least, he has provided this country an...
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no permanent cia director and all of these international challenges including benghazi and including iraq and afghanistan. >> all right. well, live in washington, susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> and jill kelley has been calling police to complain about reporters and others who have lined up outside her home in tampa. in one call she seems to indicate her property is considered diplomatic soil. >> because i'm an honorary consul-general so i have inviolability so they should not be able to cross this property. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved, as well. >> tampa police say they have received at least five calls from kelley's home since sunday. >>> president obama will likely talk about the scandal in a news conference set for today. he also plans to discuss the looming deadline for the democratic and republican leaders to reach a budget deal that's addressing the nation's debt. the president talked about it with labor leaders yesterday. fade he is going to get together with business -- today he is going to get together with business leaders including some from ge
no permanent cia director and all of these international challenges including benghazi and including iraq and afghanistan. >> all right. well, live in washington, susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> and jill kelley has been calling police to complain about reporters and others who have lined up outside her home in tampa. in one call she seems to indicate her property is considered diplomatic soil. >> because i'm an honorary consul-general so i have inviolability so they should...
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i didn't go to iraq with 60 marines that just wanted to go down and level a city. i went with 60 marines that wanted to improve a city, so why would it stop overseas? [ female announcer ] born from the sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could only come from nature. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> yeah, this bit of breaking news just in to cnn. israel says it has killed the military chief of the palestinian group, hamas. israel is bracing for expected retaliation. sarah sidener will join us minutes from now from jerusalem. >>> all right, the talkback question today, what do you make of the general scandal? this from karen. what's the old saying? he and many other powerful men believe they'll never get caught. please. this from brian. if the media would give it a rest, it would barely tarnish the record. let this be resolved between the general and his family. this from mary. it's absolutely disgusting. honestly, i hope it's just a load
i didn't go to iraq with 60 marines that just wanted to go down and level a city. i went with 60 marines that wanted to improve a city, so why would it stop overseas? [ female announcer ] born from the sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could only come from nature. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> yeah, this bit of breaking news just in to cnn....
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. >>> separate bombings in northern iraq have killed at least 10 people. a police officer says today's attacks in kirkuk started with a parked car bomb explosion near the offices of a kurdish party followed by another bomb as police gathered there. a similar bomb hit an iraqi army patrol west of kirkuk. >>> japanese television crew captured a rare funnel cloud in japan today. it was hovering near the port city of arita. it did not reach land. public broadcaster nhk says there was no damage, just some really cool pictures. >>> yesterday, nancy pelosi was asked by the media but says sorry, you're going to have to wait. >> while i love you all very dearly, i thought maybe i would talk to my own caucus before i shared that information with you. >> 72-year-old democrat easily won re-election in liberal san francisco district but party failed to score enough house seats to regain a majority so she may step down from her leadership post. the news conference in washington set for 7:00 our time. >>> president obama will speak with reporters. he plans to discuss the
. >>> separate bombings in northern iraq have killed at least 10 people. a police officer says today's attacks in kirkuk started with a parked car bomb explosion near the offices of a kurdish party followed by another bomb as police gathered there. a similar bomb hit an iraqi army patrol west of kirkuk. >>> japanese television crew captured a rare funnel cloud in japan today. it was hovering near the port city of arita. it did not reach land. public broadcaster nhk says there...
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only had afghanistan and iraq and iran and all that other stuff to deal with so maybe he just wasn't that busy, i don't know. >> they found some time. >> we've got t talk about this restaurant review. >> take two. >> from the "new york times." >> our take two. absolutely brutal, funny to some people but probably not that funny to guy fieri talking about his new restaurant, "guy's american kitchen & bar" right here in times square. pete wells is the restaurant critic who writes in the "times." sampling written in the form of question. guy fieri, have you eaten at your new restaurant in times square? did you notice the menu was an unreliable predictor of what actually came to the table? >> i like this one. >> did you try that blue drink the one that flows like nuclear waste? >> and it goes on and on and on. what exactly about a small salad with four or five miniature croutons make guy's big bite cesare big, b, famous and talks about the awesome pretzel chicken tenders, how far from awesome are they. >> and when we hear the word donkey sauce, what part of the donk rewe supposed to talk
only had afghanistan and iraq and iran and all that other stuff to deal with so maybe he just wasn't that busy, i don't know. >> they found some time. >> we've got t talk about this restaurant review. >> take two. >> from the "new york times." >> our take two. absolutely brutal, funny to some people but probably not that funny to guy fieri talking about his new restaurant, "guy's american kitchen & bar" right here in times square. pete wells...
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. >>> right now breaking news from iraq. a series of car bombs exploded across the country, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others. the deadliest explosion happened in the city of kirkuk. four car bombs exploded there. an hour later another parked car exploded at an army patrol west of kirkuk. also an iraqi army patrol. another car bomb exploded in central baghdad. killed one person and injured nine others. iraqi investigators believe insurgents targeted a military convoy. another car bomb exploded in a village market south of baghdad. >>> defense secretary leon panetta is offering support to the top u.s. commander in baghdad even as he's under investigation for e-mails he received. his nomination to head european command is on hold pending the investigation. >> no one should leap to any conclusions. no one should leap to any conclusions here. general allen is doing an excellent job at isap in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but hi
. >>> right now breaking news from iraq. a series of car bombs exploded across the country, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others. the deadliest explosion happened in the city of kirkuk. four car bombs exploded there. an hour later another parked car exploded at an army patrol west of kirkuk. also an iraqi army patrol. another car bomb exploded in central baghdad. killed one person and injured nine others. iraqi investigators believe insurgents targeted a military...
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. >> new this morning, at least 17 people dead after a series of explosions across iraq. authorities say five separate car bombings went off in four cities. officials say the dead include soldiers, police, and civilians. dozens more people were wounded in these attacks. so far no one claiming responsibilty for the bombings. >> 6:05 right now. let's check news in the day ahead. maryland voters said grow expanding gambling last week, and today maryland live casino will lay out plans to open table games. john gonzalez has more, live in hanover this morning. john? >> well, cynne even though question seven passed last week by a slight margin, the issue of expanding gambling here in maryland could still end up in the courts, the developer that develops the casino live here behind us in hanover, maryland quite frankly believes it was unfair to decide to build a major casino so close close by in prince george's county, so they were adamantly against question seven. but it is bittersweet for the company, because now they can add tables games here at their casino. officials will un
. >> new this morning, at least 17 people dead after a series of explosions across iraq. authorities say five separate car bombings went off in four cities. officials say the dead include soldiers, police, and civilians. dozens more people were wounded in these attacks. so far no one claiming responsibilty for the bombings. >> 6:05 right now. let's check news in the day ahead. maryland voters said grow expanding gambling last week, and today maryland live casino will lay out plans...
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if you don't, you get stuck in iraq. >> gretchen: i mean, that's going to come back -- a lot of people say how could he be secretary of defense if he felt that way? to me, do you believe that susan rice would be nominated for secretary of state after what you just said about going on those sunday talk shows and saying that it was all about the anti-muslim videotape? >> susan rice should have known better and if she didn't know better, she is not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. she has proven that she either doesn't understand or she is not willing to accept evidence on its face. there is no doubt five days later what this attack was and for -- look, i was on "face the nation" that sound. right after her came the president of the libyan national assembly who said this was al-qaeda. everybody knew that. so she went out and told the american people something that was patently false and divide common sense. >> brian: would you block john kerry? >> i think we'd have to find out what -- we
if you don't, you get stuck in iraq. >> gretchen: i mean, that's going to come back -- a lot of people say how could he be secretary of defense if he felt that way? to me, do you believe that susan rice would be nominated for secretary of state after what you just said about going on those sunday talk shows and saying that it was all about the anti-muslim videotape? >> susan rice should have known better and if she didn't know better, she is not qualified. she should have known...
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these are elements that came into my thinking when i voted against the iraq war. i didn't think they made the case strongly enough for us to go forward there. now we need to bring the troops home from afghanistan. the president has pledged to do it. we need to do it as quickly as possible. >> senator dick durbin of illinois, as always, thanks very much. >>> coming up, a lot of things changed the moment hurricane sandy came ashore. among them, mayor bloomberg's plans for the future. we'll talk about that right ahead on "morning joe." is what drives us to broadcast the world's biggest events in 3d, or live to your seat high above the atlantic ocean. it's what drives us to create eco-friendly race tracks, batteries that power tomorrow's cars, nearly indestructible laptops, and the sustainable smart towns of the future. at panasonic, we're driven to make what matters most better. just another way we're engineering a better world for you. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over
these are elements that came into my thinking when i voted against the iraq war. i didn't think they made the case strongly enough for us to go forward there. now we need to bring the troops home from afghanistan. the president has pledged to do it. we need to do it as quickly as possible. >> senator dick durbin of illinois, as always, thanks very much. >>> coming up, a lot of things changed the moment hurricane sandy came ashore. among them, mayor bloomberg's plans for the...
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bombings across the rock had killed 12 people and dozens more have been wounded in the first attack -- in iraq. and another bomb went off as police were gathered in that area. and even more car bombs went off in the baghdad area. no immediate claim of responsibility. though these types of suicide bombings are a favorite of al qaida . >> thank you the trial of the bowie state university student charged with killing her roommate resumes. alexis simpson accused with killing dominique frazier to death. one testified a friend fought alex some senseimpson. >> is 5:06. 37 degrees. >> still ahead, caught on tape and baltimore, a fight between a bus driver and a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ ♪ dear santa i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year bring their wish list to life. [ girl ] ...princess doll, markers... lexical side and australia where many watched this total eclipse. the next total solar eclipse will not have until march 2015. >> that is beautiful. jacqui jeras was showing as pictures of the northern lights which are
bombings across the rock had killed 12 people and dozens more have been wounded in the first attack -- in iraq. and another bomb went off as police were gathered in that area. and even more car bombs went off in the baghdad area. no immediate claim of responsibility. though these types of suicide bombings are a favorite of al qaida . >> thank you the trial of the bowie state university student charged with killing her roommate resumes. alexis simpson accused with killing dominique frazier...
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we went through the stop leave and multiple tours of duty during iraq, which was so many strains, mental, physical, marital on the people fighting and their families. now this is at a high level, possibly a dramatization of the strains even in the privileged part of the military complex. i just -- the public is not engaged. it's 1% of the country that's fighting this war. most people sadly don't know people involved in the effort. so it's out of sight, out of mind. this will maybe cast a spotlight, but will it be forgotten as we return to the fiscal cliff or whatever we return to next month or next week. >> in terms of the petraeus affair as it were itself, the story is definitely getting more sorted as days go by, which i think is why it continues to hold public attention so far. as it is getting more sorted, though, it is just getting more personal, or do you actually see it getting more political now? is this at this point a scandal or a tragedy? >> i think it's just a tragedy. i mean, based on what we know now, it seems to be there's some things about it that are scandalous. i don't
we went through the stop leave and multiple tours of duty during iraq, which was so many strains, mental, physical, marital on the people fighting and their families. now this is at a high level, possibly a dramatization of the strains even in the privileged part of the military complex. i just -- the public is not engaged. it's 1% of the country that's fighting this war. most people sadly don't know people involved in the effort. so it's out of sight, out of mind. this will maybe cast a...
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petraeus would have all sorts of documents going back from his time, you know, when he was commanding in iraq, commanding in afghanistan, you know, and now at the cia, so it would not be surprising that he would have kept documents, at some point when he left government he could go back and write a book of his own. so i suspect some of it is supporting historical documents from the time she wrote the first book, planning as suzanne suggested background for the second book, and frankly, just historical documents that he wanted maintained and kept for the time when he left government. >> jonathan, at this point i keep trying to take a step back from this and try to think is this just some salacious story or is there real significance here, and i'm not sure i know the answer to this. at this point, what do you feel like you still want to know? >> well, right now, this is sort of a greek tragedy without a redeeming character. there's nobody that's looking particularly good but that doesn't mean that they look like felons. the way it looks to me as a criminal defense attorney is there's no clear e
petraeus would have all sorts of documents going back from his time, you know, when he was commanding in iraq, commanding in afghanistan, you know, and now at the cia, so it would not be surprising that he would have kept documents, at some point when he left government he could go back and write a book of his own. so i suspect some of it is supporting historical documents from the time she wrote the first book, planning as suzanne suggested background for the second book, and frankly, just...